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At the dinner table TO- night he and the professor
began to talk about the policy and management
Of governments The professor thought the United
States had been rather grasping In the way It had
aceIrsd land i never let 60 Of What Il had once
country manfuny, drawing on his vast storehouse
ter OF the field.
of the United states" said he, .t6ut / think our
policy OF getting new territory has, In the main.
been very wise. We got Texas for the purpose OF
extending slavery, 20 be sure; but We had an ex-
With Mexico has al coe o9 Se ma So4 e.
or will In q abort time It Is the duty OF q iarve
and prosperous nation TO add new territory This
IL right. A good thing ahould expand"
"HoW much?" asked the professor.
IAN It can so long as the new stata OF things
Is better than the old. The history OF every 0reSt
nation shows this. It is narrow policy To con
tend that the United States should not add any
the lessons or history. We are hound to exnand
BY and by Canada viii drop into our Ian he1.auae
she can do nothing else The attraction Is III ths
aAnd them" asked the professor.
BLAINE TALES OF THE IlRa % I'm NArloM.
Oh. then-why, In about zoo OF 500 years we win
begin 70 60 70 pieccA Our star win have reached
its zenith and we must give way 20 nav enfer.
prtseA. No nation OF importance ever held ne
same form Of Government over 800 years. Wecan-
mol expect 70 fare better. DON'T say we shah be
there Will b some kind Of . regolutioo. spesE
from what has happened In the past
"What viii cause the revolut1on-woman suf.
fragef" suggested the oyersinQuisttvs professor:
that revoiution WIN s. &artsd before i go
yearA think the women OF America have TOO
much energy % wait % long,
BlAMg A. 4 HaeI
Th.s was hop On deck Tonight The paasen-
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'HOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer.

A RAPIDLY IMPROVING NE1GHBORHOOD ON
STREET, NEAR THIRD STREET NORTH
WEST.
BY virtue of decree of the Supreme Court of ar
the District OF Columbia passed July 3D. A. D, $2f&
as Trustee, will offer for sale at public auction,
front no OF ths premises, on MONDAY, the ELEVENTH
O'CLOCK NJ, the following described real estate,
situate IN the City of Washington, District Column
ba to wit: The east sixteen feet six inches ZIG 81 of
lot numbered seventeen 90, and the west twenty
square 503. ~
Terms of sale. prescribed by decree: One-third
cash. anu balance in six twelve and months
or an cash at option of purchaser Deferred payments
70 De secured by lien reserved the
The purchaser to give his therefor interest
at SIX per cent depoAit of 800 required of
above parcels OF ground Terms TO be complied with
purchasers cost.
FERDINAND SCHMIDT, Trustee.
JeSI-dSds No oil 9Th street northwest
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THOMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.

VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY SITUATED
on FAYETTE STREET BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND STREETS. GEORGETOWN, D. c.. AT
AUCTION.
By virtue OF deed of trust dated 2Sth day of -
July D. 1873, and duly recorded in Liber No. s:5
S96 folio 50 ct seq, of the Land Records of them
District OF Columbia. and by direction of the
party secured thereby will sell public auction,
SEVENTH, 1887. at FIVE O'CLOCK. P. NJ. the
following described Real Estate situate in the city Of
lot numbered sixtynine t6s) IN Threlkeds addition
to said Georgetown fronting thirty feet the
sde OF Fsystte street. and running back of equal width
between parallel lines hundred and twenty l12O)
feet, improved by two-story brick dwelling.
Terms: One-third cash. balance in six and twelve
months with interest. and secured by deed of
option deposit of 500 will be required time of
sale. All convey ancing and recording at purchasers
cost The trustees reserve the right to resell the
property at the risk and cost of the purchaser if the
terms not complied with in ten days from day of
sale.
VIM. D. CASS1N, r,,,.,oa.
5e2o-d&ds JAMES l. DAVIS,j trustees.
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TOMORROW.

TNHOMAS E WAGGAMAN. Real Estate Auctioneer.
VALUABLE UN1MPRovED PROPERTY ON FIFTH
STREET, BETWEEN g AND VIRGINIA AVE-
NUE. SOUTHEAST.
On FRIDAY, JULY FIRST. 1887, AT FIVE Hx
O'CLOCK 7. M, will offer for sale. in front of {A&
premises, Lots p and ~, square S47, 40 feet--
front by los feet inch deep.
Terms day of sale.
te2S-d&ds THOS. E. wAGGAMAN, Auct.
WALTER B. WILLIAMS i CO, Aucts
TWOLSTORY FRAME WITH BASEMENT, FRONT
ING ON STREET, BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH
STREETS SOUTHWEST, NEARLY OPPOSITE
NATIONAL MUSEUM, No $40.
On FRIDAY, JULY FIRST. at SIX O'CLOCK
PM, we will sell in front Of premises lot fronting 90
13 feet on street, running back 100 feet inches
improved by twostory and basement dwelling house.
eight rooms.
Terms of sale: third cash. balance in six twelve
and eighteen months. for notes bearing interest from
day OF sale and secured by deed Of property
sold. All conveyancng. &c. at purchasers cost. one
hundred dollars down when the property is struck of.
Terms to be complied with within ten days. otherwise
property will be resold at risk and cost of detaulting
purchaser.
ie21-5t WALTER r WILLIAMS h CO Ancts
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EDUCATIONAL.

.fCSSOS SHORTHAND.-A FEW MORE PUPILS
u car he accoml, osted with private lessons. APP
ly to H. o. MOSHER, with Johns Easton, Steno-
spHeTs 40 la. ave. Je30-1w'
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

-
WASHING TOWELS.
Sealed Proposals will be received the Office of the
Chief Clerk and superinter dent of the Building until
TWELVE NJ. JULY FIRST. for Washing Towels used
in the Department Of Justice during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1888 A. H. GARLAND.
te2o~6t Attorney General.
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Ex.-GOy.
4. Il. STEPHENS COUSIN.


am first cousin of the late Ex-Governor
Alexander III. stephens, and have been
postal clerk on different railroads since
1868. For ten years / have been sufferer
from a cancer on my face, which grew
worse until the discharge Of matter became
profuse and very offensive. | became thor
oughly disguised with blood purifiers and
pronounced them humbugs, as had tried
many without relief.
Finally ! was induced to use b. b. b.,
which was about the LIST of February, and
continued its use until the latter part OF
April. The offensive discharge decreased
at once and the hardness around the cancer
disappeared. IL improved my general
health and / rapidly gained flesh and
strength. The discharge gradually de-
creased and the cancer became less and less
in size until nothing remains except scar
to tell the tale of a once dangerous cancer.
All who have seen me since / have COM
menced the use of Il. Il. b. bear testimony
of my great improvement, and the scar on
my face shows that 1t cured the cancer. l
find that b. B. b. comes squarely up to
what IL Is recommended, and l cannot say
too much In praise of this wonderful medi-
cine. have tried them all, but b. b. Ii.
stands at the top as blood purifier.
The above Is copied from the Athens (Ga.)
Banner Waterman, being the voluntary lam
guage of Mr. James A. Greer, which Editor
CAN'T indOrses:
Mr. Greerls an honest. upright citizen
OF Athens who had bad cancer and his
numerous friends thought that he could not
live very long, and the cancer was gradually
sapping the foundation of his constitution,
but now looks well and hearty
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-03
low to Make Prohibitionists.

k1OW " lAelA%N 4 O-A4 "a W. ~~-S ~.
No law compels q man to drink in
toxicating fluids. No law prevents a
man from becoming a prohibitionist.
Search will be made in vain for any
law that ever made a man prohibit
zionist whose appetite craved strong
drink, and who determined to crafty
that unfortunate appetite. In this, as
in most matters affecting the individ-
ual, the settlement of the question de-
ponds wholly on the determination and
strength of purpose of the person i'm
mediately concerned. He can quit
drinking, but no one else can quit
drinking for him. His conversion to
practical prohibition removes the evil
from his own door, and furnishes
good example to his still weaker neigh
Dor. The man too weak to abandon an
evil habit will hardly be strengthened
by preambles and resolutions and sign
ing pledges. He must prove that he is
able to conquer the evil himself, or it
will remain his master to the end
Little Rock (Ark.) Gdzette.
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The Born Tired" Man.

The fellow who was born very tired
grew more and more weary as he went
through the haps and mishaps of child
hood, the adolescence of youth and the
early period of manhood. At middle
age he was the tiredest man then living.
At fifty he was so utterly worn out
with the simple process of existing
that it occurred to him TO calculate
now many breaths he must draw If he
went on living for twenty years more,
and, being man in fair p reservation.
there was a good prospect of his reach
ing the allotted threescore and ten years
Of average mankind.
Well. this tired citizen figured it out
on the basin of eighteen breaths a
minute, 1.0s0 to the hour, 25,92O to tho
day. 9.l62, $50 for year, and ls9, 5l2.-
500 for twenty years. The figures APP
palled him, and he died in disgust and
Encouragement at the tremendous
task of doing such an enormous
amount of breathing. - Chattanooga
Times.
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pITH AND POINT.

One OF the most economical men ID
town drives five miles .around to avoid
toll-gate and the payment of B cents,
and spends so cents for drink at the
next hotel. NorriSt0Dn Herald.
Mr.. Lowell declares that the dead
languages are not dead. And yet how
seldom it is that one American asks
another for a chew of tobacco in Latin
or Greek. atlanta Constitution
The FL Paso bar was so startled by
the earthquake that it lost its presence
of mind and fled from the courtroom
instead of moving for continuance
San Francisco Post.
Eminent politicians should always
use typewriter. In case of forged
letters tnever gives the author hand
writing away. -Nc'O Orleans Ptcayuae.
No one knows how dangerous a liver
is until he reads the painted warnings
on fences devoted to medicine adj
vertisements.- New Orleans Picayune.
The mosquito, will soon be here, and
then we shall realize that there are
other troublesome bills beside the in
terstate commerce affair
He who breaches holiness should be
pure, and the breath Of the temper
ance orator should not smell of GIN
NeU Orleans PicdyWne.
The interstate law got rid of the
deadheads easily enough, but the COM
mission finds a great deal of trouble
with blockheads.
Why a man boots his dog but merely
Shoes his hen has never been precisely
determined. PHILADELPHIA call
The monkey picks up pennies and
gathers the peanuts, but he can not
think he turns the organ.
A man who will pass around hat
in church might be the first to kick
one found on sidewalk.
The Romans used to rccline at their
banquets and the habit of lying at pub
lie dinners still prevails.
The young man who went into the
Kentucky democratic state convention
the other day trying to sell ice-water at
8 cents glass should go down to the
equator and peddle hot soda. His
chances of opulence would be infinitely
bettcred by the change-PhiIadclphta
Press.
The largest hail-stones mentioned
in accounts of the recent western cy-
clone were only thirteen inches in cir
cumfcrencc. We note with pleasure
the increasing moderation and careful
ness shown in the statements of west
ern correspondents. -NcV HaUen
NeWS.
The Standard Oil Company's candi-
date for United States senator in West
Virginia was compelled to withdraw.
The track seems to have been lubrica-
ted so exceedingly that he could not
travel over it without danger of slip
ping.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
1t is all very we'll to advise a man
not to cross bridge until he comes to
it. In these days of railroad accidents
that man may be considered very for
tunatc who is able to cross u bridge
even when he has come to it.-Boston
Post.
Our esteemed contemporary, The
Alta California, asks: "Why does
plot thickenP" Don't you really know,
dearP Why, generally plot thickens
because the story writer is paid space
rates. Philadelphia Press.
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Little Dots Ingenuity.

Little Dot Qaughing)-why, Dick,
what's the matterP
Little Dick-Ts most dead. / just
took some awful stun.
That what your mamma put on the
tablet"
"Yes; she left it there in cup an
told me not to touch it, cause il was
for pudding. an when she went out
took a great big swallow, an it's cas-
tor oil. )"
"Yes. she said yea ought TO tax
SON, an told hei how to fix il. =
Omaha iorlf.
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2 Against IS.

Several physicians have pronounced my
disease blood poison, caused by paint or
lead in the paint, but they could not cure
me. Last summer ! used eighteen bottles
OF n largely advertised blood medicine,
which did me no more good than so much
water.
/ have used only two bottles of b. b. B.
and am proud to say that have received
greater benefit from them than from the
eighteen, and am now rapidly recovering
There is no question about the superiority
of Il. b. b. over all blood remedies.
2l5 Reynolds street. w. III. WOODY.
Augusta, Ga, April 2lst, 1856.
All who desire full information about the
cause and and cure of Blood Poisons, Scrof-
ula and Scrofulous Swellings, Ulcers, Sores,
rheumatism, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh,
ETC.. can secure by mail, free, a copy of our
32-page Illustrated Book of Wonders, filled
with the most wonderful and startlingproof
over before known.
Address, BLOOD BALM CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
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Popular Science.
never

Susie-"Oh, mamma, I'll never
disobey you again."
Mamma-"Why, Susie, what have
you done7'
Susie-"Well, I drank my milk at
lunch and then ate-a pickles and The
milk said to the pickle, Get out and
and the pickle said, I won't and
they are having an awful timer'-
LIFE.
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closely TO keep out the puts of wind
that tried to find enterance at all cor.
ners. While tucking the robe between
tho cushion and the side of tho sleigh
her finger touched something siaootb
like paper.
"Ono of fathers old receipts, he's SC
careless" she thought, with fond
smile, as she drew it forth for inspec-
ton. But glance was needed to show
her mistake.
1t was letter yellow with age, I'M
opened and addressed to herself in the
handwriting she knew so well. She
could scarcely trust her eyes. but there
was the familiar post-mark-San Fran
cisco-and she was just leaning for
ward to read the date, when gust of
wind, taking it from her hands, de.
posted it at the feet of gentleman
who was passing.
She dared not look up, but in mo-
mont he was handing it toward her,
saying:
SIS this your property, Miss AllenP"
At the sound of the voice, so little
changed that she would know it any
where, the hot blood rushed to her face,
and she had scarcely courage to reply:
II think so. lnever saw it before" "
She felt the keen eyes search her
face, and there was n touch of scorn
in the question that followed.
at is an old letter addressed to you,
and you never saw it before?"
She felt as if she must vindicate her.
self, and her answer came full and
clear.
81 just found it in the old sleigh. l
do not know how long it has lain
there"
He glanced again at the letter; it
must be the same one; he knew the
date so well. The tone was almost
eager now.
"You never saw it before, Beth?
You did not receive it, my last letter,
and leave it unansweredp"
''Could you doubt me, WHIP" She
was was looking him in the face now.
al might have known better, but you
were always so punctual, and when l
received no answer to my last letter
was too proud to write and ask an OK
PLANTATION. l thought you had given
me up like every one else in B.
Can you forgive me for my want of
confidence? But he needed not words
for answer.
When Mr.. Allen came hurrying back
the old sleigh had two occupants. 1t
was some time before they could ox-
plain affairs to his bewildered mind,
but when light began TO dawn he ex-
claimed
at was that Jim; he's so careless!
lost letter for me once!
Will was persuaded to accompany
them home, and it was a very merry
party that surprised Mrs. Allen by their
early appearance.
AS soon as possible Mr.. Allen hurried
his wife off to the kitchen to unravel
the mystery, while VIII and 'Lzabeth
read and re-read the old letter by the
light of the hickory fire.
What Ruth Miller would say was
source of much anxiety to Mrs. Allen,
until one day VIII remarked, much to
her peace of mind, that Ruth had been
engaged for some time TO a friend of
his in the West-a gentleman she met
some years before while visiting in the
city.
The house upon the hill Will and
Elizabeth call home, and the old yellow
sleigh-well, as Mr.. Allen says, it's not
every sleigh that can boast of a
romance like that. Portland Trans
criDL.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-13
The Mckinney Fair.

Special to the Gazette.
MCKINNEY, TEX, Oct. 12.-This, the
first day Of the Collin County Fair,
opened auspiciously and, owing to the
fact that rains have interfered with the
work, finds workmen busy with the deco
ratIons. The interior of the hall is being
tastefully arranged by numerous fair
hands, and tomorrow it will be q thing
OF beauty. The stock exhibition will be
exceedingly f1ue, and some of the most
noted flyers in the speed ring will contest
for the palm. Most of the contests on
exhibits in the ladeis' departments will
not be decided until tomorrow.
In the contest for the best roadster
there were four magnificent animals en-
tered, aud driven by owners Toe first
premium after sharp contest wsS
awarded W. NJ. Ireland, certificate John
a Buck. The next was q contest by a
pair Of roadsters, and the blue ribbon was
borne OF by Major John A. Buck.
The best equestrian turnout brought
some fine animals to the fore, and
Frank Jackson proudly sported the blue
as he cantered of. E. S. Ellis received
the red,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-13
Iporations What the Standard Oh Trust
has done in another field this ring has

porations. What the Standard Oh Trust
has done in another field this ring has
| done in the beef market. II has estGb-
lished Whist are practically mopopalles.
| II has demanded and received from so
| called common carriers exclusive prigl-
| ltges. It has built up it's power by means
] OF enormous rebates.
The relations existing between the rail-
road corporations and the beef ring de-
mand the attention of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. A complaint
might be filed that would deserve the sup
port, not only of the consumers of beef in
one city, or two cities, or three, but of g
great majority of the people Of the United
States. Will the consumers of Chicago
file complaint? Probably they will not.
The laWs OF Illinois have long been openly
and shamefully violated and defed in that
city by certain members of this ring who
are the greatest manufacturers of lard IL
the world, and who habituslly adul-
terste this product with large
quantities Of cOttOnseed oil. The sof-
tenders are guilty by their own widely
published admissions, but we are not
aware that any attempt TO enforce the
violated laws has been made by the peO-
pie or the prosecuting officers of the city.
Their Indifference in this matter does not
indicate that they can be induced to make
any formal complaint about the rings
operations in the beef trade. But it is to
be hoped that some one, or some body of
consumers, will lay before the commits
sion facts concerning the rings bargains,
privileges and alliances that will insure
such an examination and such decision
rs the interests of the people demand
New York Times.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-13
The Beef Bin e,

How does itshappen that consumers de.
rive no benefit from the prevailing low
prices of live cattle in the west? For two
years or more the rsnchmen have been
complaining about these prices. The re-
cent heavy failures at Fort Worth and
Henrietta, In Texas, are said to have been
caused by this continued depression OF
values. But while the price Of cattle has
reached SO low level consumers must
pay the old prices for the beef which they
eat. They are forced to do this, whether
they live in Atlantic seaboard cities, far
from the base of supplies, or in Chicago
and Kansas City, where cattle from the
plains are slaughtered.
Chicago is our greatest market for cat
tie and beef. One would say that low
prices for cattle ought to have caused q
large reduction Of the retail prices of beef
in that city. sBut the Chicago Times Of the
18th inst. says:
"Hardly ever in the history of the
country, certainly not tor twenty years,
has the price of live cattle been as low IS
during the present season. Four years
ago fair to prime beeves sold in this mar
ket for from four to six cents per pound.
This season only about holt this sum is
realized for the same grades Of animals.
Farmers are unable to make any
money in raising cattle for the market.
Many feeders, who have had long ex-
paTience in the business, have lost hcavi-
y by buying stock and food, with view
of furnishing the market with choice
beef.
"Still, while producers get only about
half as much for their fat cattle as they
did four years ago, city and town
schemers pay IS much for their steaks,
roasts, and fresh and salt boiling pieces
as they ever did. The fall Of beef on the
farm, ranch and range has not affected
the price OF beef at the retail market or
the restaurant"
The buyers of beef at retail in Chicago
suffer as consumers of the same product
in the east dc. The same prices are ex-
acted in Kansas City. Everywhere the
retail prices have been sustained, in spite
of the great reductions which the ranch
men have been forced to accept. What
is the power that stands between the
ranchmen and the consumer, robbing
both? It Is the beef ring Of Chicago and
Kansas City, and this ring has been en-
abled to collect its tribute and to discour.
age or crush competition by Ubiquitous
bargains and alliances with railroad cor
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-13
PER90NAT.
Waco's Water System.
Special to the Gazette.

WACO, Tex, Oct. 12.-Mr. Hartford, q
hydraulic engineer from Memphis, was
brought here few weeks ago by the City
Council to make an examination and tes,
OF the system of the Waco Water CoH-
pany. His report was received toN85
and will be published tomorrow. e is
likely to create something of sensation,
as he declares the system to be hybridj
an anomaly snd not suited TO the needs
of the city. He estimates the cost Of a
new system at from S166,000 to $500, 900,
according to capacity. The Waco Water
Company's system has been in operation
here about ten years, anu Is said to have
cost 100000.